Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William RODNEY
  • Sex: M
  • Baptism: 14 Mar 1660/1 in Christchurch, Bristol c
  • Death: 8 Sep 1708 d
  • Burial: Byfield Plantation, Dover, Kent Co, Delaware u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William RODNEY Death: Jan 1678/9 in at sea
    • Mother:
  • Rachel (RODNEY)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William RODNEY Birth: 27 Oct 1689
  2. Rachel RODNEY Birth: 18 Nov 1690 Death: 7 Sep 1695
  3. Thomas RODNEY Birth: 11 Aug 1692

Marriage: Children:
  1. Daniel RODNEY Birth: 13 Feb 1694/5
  2. John RODNEY Birth: 13 Apr 1696
  3. Anthony RODNEY Birth: 20 Mar 1698/9 Death: 1708
  4. George RODNEY Birth: 8 Feb 1701/2
  5. Sarah RODNEY Birth: 5 Aug 1704 Death: 10 Apr 1720
  6. Caesar RODNEY Birth: 1707

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
William RODNEY & Rachel ___ [Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622, Roberts RD600 p152]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary HOLLYMAN
date:
first marriage of William [Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Roberts RD600 p152]
shortly after 25 Jan 1688/9 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah JONES
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]
second marriage of William [Ref: Roberts RD600 p152],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p311]
Research Notes:
Capt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]

Esq [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]

before 1681: emigrated to Delaware [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p622]

before 1681: emigrated to Pennsylvania [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

of Delaware and Pennsylvania [Ref: Roberts RD600 p152]

May 1688: Representative from Kent Co (Delaware) to the Pennsylvania Assembly [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

1697: Clerk of the Kent Co Court [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

1703: Justice of the Kent Co Court [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]

Speaker of the first General Assembly of the Lower Counties, later Delaware [Ref: Faris PA2 p311]



Pedigree of William RODNEY
                                                       /-----Sir Walter RODNEY
                                              /-----Thomas RODNEY
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
                                             |         \-----Margaret HUNGERFORD
                                             |                  \-----Catherine PEVERELL
                                     /-----Sir John RODNEY
                                    |         \-----Isabel (RODNEY)
                            /-----George RODNEY
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John CROFT
                           |        |                  /-----William CROFT
                           |        |                 |         \-----Jonet Ferch Owain
                           |        |         /-----Sir Richard CROFT
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas WALWYN
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret WALWYN
                           |         \-----Anne CROFT
                           |                  \-----Anne FOX
                   /-----Sir John RODNEY
                  |         \-----Elizabeth KIRTON
          /-----William RODNEY
         |        |                                             /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
         |        |                                    /-----John SEYMOUR
         |        |                                   |         \-----Isabel WILLIAM
         |        |                           /-----John SEYMOUR
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert COKER
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth COKER
         |        |                          |                  \-----Joan WALLYS
         |        |                  /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----William DARELL
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir George DARELL
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CALSTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DARELL
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John STOURTON, Lord Stourton
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret STOURTON
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margery WADHAM
         |        |         /-----Henry SEYMOUR
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Philip WENTWORTH
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary CLIFFORD
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PERCY
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----John SAYE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SAYE
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice
         |        |        |                  \-----Anne SAY
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
         |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
         |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
         |         \-----Jane SEYMOUR
         |                 |         /-----Morgan WOLFE
         |                  \-----Barbara WOLFE
         |                          |         /-----John De BARRY
         |                           \-----Gwenllian De BARRY
 /-----William RODNEY
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas CAESAR
|         \-----Alice CAESAR
|                 |         /-----Sir William RYDER
|                  \-----Susan RYDER
William RODNEY
 \-----Rachel (RODNEY)



Descendants of William RODNEY
1. William RODNEY m1. Mary HOLLYMAN m2. Sarah JONES
m. Mary HOLLYMAN father: Thomas HOLLYMAN
m. Sarah JONES father: Daniel JONES mother: Sarah (JONES)